Screen door



. Oct; 27I 1925. 1,558,617

C. J. JACKSON SCREEN DOOR Filed March 6, 1924 Patented Oct. 27, 1925.

UNITED STATES CARL J. JACKSON, or SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN.

SCREEN DOOR.

Application filed March 6, 1924. Serial No. 697,407.

[o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL J. JACKSON, a subject of the King of Norway, residing at Superior, in the county of Dougias and State of lVisconsin, have invented certain new and use-ful Improvements in Screen Doors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention appertains to Screen doors and the primary object of the invention is to provide a novel screen door having means formed therein for permitting flies to crawl through the door in one direction on the inside of the door,.thereby permitting` flies to pass out of a room and thus keep the room clear of tiies.

Another prime object of the invention is the provision of a screen door having upper and lower screen panels and intermediate glass pane-ls, the glass panels being arranged in spaced overlapping relation to form a fly eXit from the inside of the door, but so arranged as to prevent the entra-nce of the fiies into the room from the Outside of the door.

A still further object of this invention is to provide an improved screen door of the above character, which will be durable and efficient in use, one that is simple and easy to manufacture, and one which can be placed upon the market at a small cost.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and formation of parts, asv will be hereinafter more specifically described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the Screen door showing the outside thereof.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section through the door taken on the line 2 2 of Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is a transverse section through the door taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2 illustrating the arrangement of the glass panels relative to one another.

Referring to the drawings in detail, wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts through the several views, the letter A generally indicates the improved screen door, which embodies the side Stiles 5 and the end Stiles 6 and 7. The side Stiles 5 are connected by transverse rails 7 and 8 which are arranged in spaced relation to one another. The rails 7 and 8 in connection with the Side Stiles 5 and the f end Stiles or rails 6 and 7 define end openings 9 and 1() and an intermediate opening 11. The end openings 9 and 10 are covered by wire mesh panels 12 held in place by suitable strips 13. The intermediate opening 11 can be further divided by a mid rail 111 which connects the transverse rails 7 and 8 together. The openings 11 receive glass panels 15 each of which include a short depending upper Section 16 and a lower section 17. These sections 16 and 17 are disposed in spaced parallel relation and are arranged so that their inner ends overlap defining a passage way 18 therebetween. It can be seen that the lower section 17 is arranged adjacent to the outer face of the door while the upper depending section 18 is arranged adjacent'to the inner face of the door. The side Stiles 5 and intermediate rails 7 and 8 and the mid rail 11 are rabbeted as at 19 for receiving the lower glass panel section 17 and this rabbet at its upper portion is enlarged as at 2O for receiving the depending section 16. This depending section 16 is held in the enlarged portion 2O of the rabbet 19 by suitable blocks 21. The blocks 21 and the Section 17 are held in place by strips 22.`

In use of the .improved door the flies on the inside of the door crawling on the sections 17 of the paneis 15 will be attracted by the light in the passage way 18 and thus continue crawling up the section and out of the room through the passage way.

However, the flies on the outside of the door, will not crawl down the panel 17 due to their inherent characteristic and in view of the fact that the lower end of the passage way would be somewhat dark. Thus the flies will not enter into the room from the outside of the screen door.

Changes in detail may be made without departing from the spirit or the scope of this invention, but

W'hat I claim as new is:

A screen door comprising side Stiles and end Stiles, transverse rails connecting the side Stiles together and arranged in spaced relation defining upper and lower openings and Aan intermediate Opening, wire mesh screening closing the upper and lower Openings, and a glass panel closing the intermediate opening, the glass panel including a lower relatively wide Section arranged adway therebetween, the relatively wide section terminatingl short of the transverse rail engaged by said relatively narrow depend- 10 ing section.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

CARL J. JAcKsoNf 

